Hello and welcome to part two in our series on the legacy of Martin Luther.

Last time we looked at Luther's life and times and at the turbulence that were started to be

unleashed by the ambitious, argumentative and chaotic Martin Luther.

He was a man who didn't take no for an answer, who was completely convinced that his way of doing things

was right and that everyone else was wrong. That probably sounds pretty familiar to most of us

living in this age, and that the ends justified the means. He thrived on controversy and on

division. What a shame that he lived before the age of social media, Peter.

He would have loved it. That was a real takeaway after from last time. I'd be picturing

Luther. I can see him on Twitter argue with people. I'm not sure what his Instagram feed would be

like. We didn't actually talk about this, but there are a lot of iconic images of Martin Luther,

mainly because of the work of

one artist Kranak, who painted him over and over again. So I think he would have had a strong

brand on Instagram. He would have used those portraits and then kind of blasted people with

reels. He would have put hymns on there. He would have been firing shots at his enemies. He would

have had a massive following. And then he would have rejected all the endorsement deals from

the indulgences brands because it wasn't aligned with his values. And that would have got him

even more followers. Anyway, we digress.

Washing up liquid. He'd have been selling household products. He'd have turned down the indulgences.

But this time we're going to look beyond Wittenberg and beyond Germany the 16th century

and to look at the legacy of Martin Luther and of Lutherism and some of the things he set

in motion because it is a completely extraordinary story that takes in everything from

migration to the United States, the rise of Hitler,

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